Technologist

"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” —Pablo Picasso
As a pioneer in the field of analytics, Scott Gehring has been an influential industry leader in defining best practices around global enterprise information system design, implementation, integration, and operations. With 30 years of industry experience, Scott has built hundreds of solutions for companies ranging from small businesses to large-scale enterprise organizations, helping to drive process improvement, tighten the link between business and IT, and provide the latest innovations in technology.

scott gehring

Career Highlights
Over his career, Scott has focused on providing excellent products and services, moving ideas from inception to reality, and building high-functioning teams.
Scott is a Senior Managing Director for Breakaway Technologies. His current role focuses on professional services, business development, talent acquisition, product development, and future-forward technology R&D.
Scott was the founder and creator of the BPM Connect Integration Framework in 2006, a rapidly deployable integration-in-a-box solution for analytics systems. The success of BPM Connect was driven by the goal to provide companies with a best-in-class, high-performance data integration solution while simultaneously yielding implementation time and cost savings.
BPM Connect was patented in 2007 (Patent # US20080140692A1), certified by SAP as a best-of-breed RDS solution in 2013, and deployed in many Fortune 500 companies.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Summary of industries Scott has provided solutions for:
  • Communications
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Financial
  • Food and Beverage
  • Gaming
  • Government Contracting
  • Healthcare
  • Life Sciences
  • Manufacturing
  • Parking/Real estate
  • Retail
  • Services
  • Technology
Business Process Focus
  • Office of the CFO
  • Planning and Consolidation
  • FP&A
  • Accounting
  • Tax
  • Disclosure
  • Office of the COO
  • Sales
  • HR
  • Marketing
  • Supply Chain
  • Manufacturing
  • Office of the CIO
  • Infrastructure
  • Applications
  • Cyber
Applied Technology
  • During his career, Scott has always embraced technology. His knowledge includes both on-prem and cloud-based computing models, distributed and multitenant system architecture.

  • Performance Management (EPM, BPM, CPM, XP&A)
  • Business Intelligence (BI)
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Advanced Analytics
  • Artificial and Augmented Intelligence
  • ERP Integration
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
  • Data Warehousing
  • Integration, ETL, and Streaming
  • Master Data Management
  • Low Code Platforms
  • RPA
  • Software Development
  • Computer Programming
Check out Scott's Technology Whiteboard for expressions on advanced and emergent trends in analytics.
The Competing Dualities of Business Analytics and How to Find the Golden Mean
The 7 Types of Spreadsheet Use Cases
The Golden Triangle of Analytics